Freshman:Gained valuable experience playing for the
Junior Varsity team…Secondary School
Background:A graduate
of Tipton High School where he lettered in football, wrestling,
track, and baseball…Two-time football team
captain…Three-time team defensive MVP…Des Moines
Register Second Team All-State…Iowa Newspaper
Association Second Team All-State…Two-time First Team
All-District…Three-time Academic All District…Tipton
High School career scoring leader and tackle leader with 231 points
and 350 tackles…Member of National Honor Society and student
council…Senior Class Vice-President…Recipient of the
National Council on Youth Leadership Scholarship…Named a
National Football Foundation College Hall of Fame Student
Athlete…Recipient of the Bernie Saggau, United States Army
Reserve National Scholar-Athlete, United States Marine Corps
Distinguished Athlete, and Quad City Times Excellence in Leadership
awards…Personal:Matthew Martin O’Donnell, born April
15, 1990…Son of Michael and Susan O’Donnell…Has
a brother, Chad, and a sister, Elizabeth…Enjoys music,
lifting, video games, and reading…Concentrating in
Environmental Engineering.